Read this; it's good

"On the flip side, I imagine that He intended us to be engaging fully and embracing our roles, circumstances, struggles and the blessings that He’s given us – all which are intended to reveal more of Him to us – and are instead able to sit back and enjoy the surprises that He has for us with the giddiness of young children on Christmas morning." (Read more here.)

I like to think of it is as we are all on parallel paths (assuming we are indeed going the same direction (narrow road v wide road)), but we wear different outfits. Along the way we may change up the outfits, but in the end we end up at the same Gate.